California Attorney General Jerry Brown has introduced a plan to create an online prescription drug database so that doctors and pharmacies can reduce prescription drug abuse.
"Every year thousands of doctors try to check their patient's prescription history information but California's current database is difficult to access," Brown said.
"If California puts this information online, with real-time access, it will give authorized doctors and pharmacies the technology they need to fight prescription drug abuse which is burdening our healthcare system."
The database, called the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation
Kentucky was the first state to put all its prescription history information online for health professionals and law enforcement. California's new database will be the largest online prescription drug database in the country.
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